this morning on "world news now," the deadly blast from the mother nature. >> the ice, sleet and heavy snow from the great plains to the northeast. and the floods and tornadoes in the south. nightmare for travelers and today's warnings from accuweather. >> breaking overnight the intense man plunt for the so-called affluenza teen on probation from a deadly drunk driving accident. the manhunt is over. >> campaign controversy. donald trump turns up the heat on the clintons. he's attacking bill. >> and later, getting fit and fighting fat. check out a political strategist's method of losing weight without drugs or surgery. it is tuesday, december 29th. . >> announcer: from abc news,

this is "world news now." >> good morning on this tuesday. it's not fat tuesday. luckily. i'm kendis gibson. >> and i'm reena ninan. you really are the health buff between the two of us. you're always working out. you'll leave the show and go to the gym. >> miserably failing health buff addict. >> stop it. >> you do the same thing. it is one of those concerns around this time of year where the gym's all of a sudden become crowded once again with a lot of folks. we try to shave off all that fat we've gained. >> in addition to shaving off fat, weather big story. we're actually winter storms in several states we're talking about. it's storms with a vengeance. slow and sleet in the upper midwest. drivers in appleton, wisconsin had to remember their winter driving skills and snow plows are ought overnight. >> in the south, the severe weather is persisting. dallas, residents surrounded by damage after the weekend's extreme weather. abc's lauren lyster is in the

middle of the texas tornado zone. lauren, good morning. >> reporter: reena and kendis, here in garland homes like these are torn up after a tornado ripped through here. president obama phoning the state's governor monday to offer support and follow up after the deadliest twisters in 90 years. the extreme weather doesn't end there. a tornado spotted in florida grazing an the panhandle. >> drive. get on the gas and go. >> sunday, it was arkansas. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: this after saturday just south of dallas -- >> that's it! that's a tornado! >> reporter: deadly twisters carved a 40-mile path across the landscape, splintering homes, spewing debris. nine tornadoes killed 11 people there. in the midwest, it's the water, ice, sleet and snow, snarling traffic from kalamazoo to kansas. in illinois, a school bus with students on it rescued with no

injuries after floodwaters swept it away. in oklahoma, nearly 200,000 without electricity. power lines no match for the high winds and freezing raincoating them. in iowa, visibility near zero. in amarillo, texas, along interstate 40 snow burying big rigs. in new mexico, a 12-foot snow drift entombing one couple for 20 hours till rescuers broke the windshield to free them. >> my wife was shivering and shaking so i got into the passenger seat because the driver's seat was full of snow. >> crews in this texas neighborhood are work fog fix power lines destroyed by the tornadoes. the most powerful here in 20 years. some 70 million americans are facing winter alerts across the country. lauren lyster, abc news, garland, texas. >> thank you so much. the weather was a factor in an airline accident in wichita, kansas. an alegion janet airlines jet

slid off an icy taxiway as it was about to take off for las vegas. the plane was going slowly and there were no injuries. the md-0 was not damaged. the first jet is stuck in the grass. those wichita passengers were just some of millions of travelers facing chaos at airports across is the country. nearly 3,000 flights were canceled yesterday and another 4800 delayed. the weather will mean more delays for travelers today across a wide region with hundreds of flights already canceled 37 our coverage continues with paul williams. hey there, paul. >> thanks, kendis, reena. the foos focus must shift towards the northeast. tuesday morning, scattered showers throughout pennsylvania going into jersey and towards the d.c. area. for the north, complicated driving conditions particularly along the interstates up towards eye 95. we also have complications with snow actually throughout the north central part of the

country. it's not quite snowmageddon but widespread cold and snow. >> our thanks to paul there. breaking news right now in the search for the so-called affluenza teen from texas. ethan couch has been found in port tote vallarta. the pair had been the subject of an intense manhunt since disappearing earlier this month. couch was found responsible for a drunk driving crash that killed four people. the so-called affluenza defense spared him jail time. he was on probation at the time. no criminal charges being filed against two cleveland police officers in the death of a 12-year-old boy. tamir rice was carrying a toy gun when he was shot dead last year. a rookie police officer killed rice within seconds after arriving on the scene. heart broken family members say they're disappointed about the grand jury decision. >> simply put, given this perfect storm of human error, mistakes and miscommunications by all involved, that day, the

evidence did not indicate criminal conduct by police. >> it was so clear from the prosecutor's behavior that he was trying to lose the case. that he was trying to exonerate the officers. >> prosecutors say there is a long list of mistakes which led to the tragedy, among them they say dispatchers failed to relay to officers that the person scaring people at the park was probably a juvenile with a toy gun. >> in the meantime, the trial tore for a second baltimore police officer charged in the death of freddie gray has been postponed. jury selection will start on january 11th. that's five days later than expected. caesar goodson is the second of six officers to stand trial. the first case ended in a mistrial. freddie gray died from injuries suffered while in police custody. his death set off days of riots. >> chicago's mayor is heading back erlfry vacation so he can confront his city's police crisis. emmanuel has been in cuba with his family and now heading into

a major controversy stemming from a police-involved shooting which left two people dead. alex perez reports from chicago. >> reporter: chicago on edge after yet another fatal police shooting, this time, 19-year-old quintonio legrier and his neighbor, bettie jones, a mother of five. her family demanding answers. >> for somebody to get shot for opening their door is just crazy. >> reporter: early saturday morning, police were called to this two-story home for a domestic disturbance. legrier reportedly threatening his father with a bat. our first look at where it all happened. authorities haven't explained how exactly the shooting unfolded, but loved ones say it happened right higher in this tiny hallway. they say bettie jones left her home, right here, went to go open the front door here and got caught in a spray of bullets. chicago police say jones was accidentally killed during that confrontation with legrier. legrier's mother says her son, who was an engineering student, had mental health issues, but insists he was never violent. >> that wasn't his character.

>> reporter: already under scrutiny for the laquan video, mayor rahm emanuel calling for a review of how officers are trained to respond to mental health cases. and mayor emanuel cut his holiday vacation short and is due back here at city hall tomorrow to face the fallout and meet with the victims' family members. alex perez, abc news, chicago. well this morning heavy metal fans are mourning the loss of motorhead front man lemmy. ♪ >> that's ian let me kilmister who died two days after learning he had a particularly aggressive form of cancer. lemmy died at his home in los angeles. he was only 70 years old. >> football news. a bizarre fine for a favorite among fans. the san diego chargers has fined safety eric weddle $10,000.

his offense, staying on the field at halftime during the chargers week 15 game against miami so that he could watch his daughter perform in a dance program. come on, guys. team spokesman said players are required to be in the locker room when game plan adjustms are being made. it's his daughter, come on. maybe wi-fi isn't so good in the locker room. and on the field some drama in last night's bengals/broncos game. brandon mcmanus missed what would have been a game-winning field goal. he made up for it in overtime putting the broncos ahead. denver's defense recovered a if you mean bed snap. the win guarantees the broncos a playoff spot. >> wild monday night game. with the clock ticking on 2015, people gathered in times square to shed and shred some bad memories. >> i like that. it was a ninth annual good riddance day that allowed people to dump all the negativity of

the year in into a shredder. they dumped photos of exes, even a laptop. >> they'll be used as confetti for people ringing in the new year in times square. participants were encouraged to write their wishes on the paper, as well. hopefully you don't shred those wishes. you write those down. we'll see how it works out in 2016. >> coming up "the mix," why legos may be more than just kids' toys. they could be a grown-up investment. >> turning up the political heat thanks to donald trump. he broadens his attacks on his democratic rival. both hillary clinton and bill. >>. and a political strategist's way of getting fit and losing fat. could this be the new diet routine of the new year? >> but first, with 20,000 followers on instagram, you got to check our behind the scenes pics. we're talking about us at abcwnn. lots of interesting stuff there. you're watching "world news now." (politely) wait, wait, wait! you can't put it in like that,

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the site which specializes in arranging extramarital affairs says it's membership has spiked since the data breach. there are 4 million more members. no comment from the site's parent company. there are still class action lawsuits pending as a result of that breach. it's okay, guys, don't worry. i've got to the pour my tea here because my voice is giving out on me here. apparently infidelity is recurring. talking point for donald trump as he turns up the heat on hillary clinton. >> it's been back and forth for a little while. thousands attended a trump rally in new hampshire last night as the gop front-runner takes aim at bill clinton's old scandals. he's bass i kanani. >> donald trump now going after not just one clinton but two tweeting if hillary thinks she can unleash her husband with his terrible record of women abuse while playing the women's card on me, she's wrong. trump threatening again to dig up bill clinton's old scandals

after hillary clinton accused trump of sexism in an interview last week. neither clinton has responded directly to trump's new threats but hillary clinton has reposted this video of her take on trump. >> we shouldn't let anybody bully his way into the presidency. >> republican rival carly fiorina briefly defended trump on fox news. >> bill clinton is fair game but my point is attacking bill clinton won't defeat littlery clinton. >> a flattering new poll for trump's chief nemesis found hillary clinton tops the list of most admired women in the world, a spot she has held 20 times. donald trump tied with pope francis for second most admired man in the world, but in first place, by a wide marge is president barack obama. with just five weeks to go until the first primaries, republicans analysts say the biggest threat to a dominant trump would be an early loss in iowa where ted cruz is gaining ground in the

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>> i don think you have to put them together. having the set, the box included is always good. but "star wars" does really well. apparently the ultimate collector's millenial falcon was $500. now it's worth $4,000. taj mahal was $298 in dwight now worth over $2700. >> there was a guy that spent seven months putting the falcon together. so your mother-in-law was in town. not sure if you got to watch a movie. imagine you're watching a movie and there's that awkward like really crazy hot sex scene. >> killer. >> that comes on while you're watching the movie with the in-laws or your mom or your kids. now, there's a website for this. it is called cringe mdb. so a playoff off i mdb. you type off the -- i typed in whether to see it's a cringe worthy movie and you can watch it with other people in the room. anchor man" is a no.

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this morning on "world news now," winter misery and severe storms impacting millions of americans. the trapped motorists and the dangerous conditions as a major system threatens several states. outrage in cleveland. no criminal charges are being filed against a white officer who shot and killed a black boy who was holding a toy gun. the controversial legal decision. new this half hour, cries for help after a bear attack in new jersey. >> just released, the boy scout master's call to 911, the badly injured man and the moments leading up to the rescue. and later in the "skinny," a big decision for tom cruise and it is not about a blockbuster movie script. it's about his personal property and his wealth. this is tuesday, december 29th. >> annou